RE: Configuration Manager: The specified device instance handle ..

[Jack Porter]

That fixed it. Thanks !!
Jack

"K S [MS]" wrote:

> Check if your service entry in the registry
> (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\<SvcName>) had a
> pre-populated Enum subkey. If so, delete the Enum subkey so that PnP will be
> the one who creates it and associates it with a device under
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_<SVCNAME>.
>
> KS
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties and confers no rights.
>
>
> "Jack Porter" wrote:
>
> > Has anyone seen this, or even better, knows how to fix it ?
> >
> > Run Control Panel, Admin Tools, Services applet.
> > Right-click on a service (that I wrote and installed); a dialog appears:
> >
> > Configuration Manager: The specified device instance handle does not
> > correspond to a present device.
> >
> > Click Ok. The expected tabbed dialog appears. The service is running (auto
> > at startup), it can be stopped, re-started etc. Everything seems fine,
> > except for the dialog, which seems to indicate that something is wrong.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Jack